Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton

Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, commonly known as RCGT, is a Canadian professional-services firm and a member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd. Its principal base is Montreal, Quebec, and its network includes more than 100 offices in Quebec, as well as locations in Ottawa and Edmundston. The firm serves small and medium-sized enterprises, larger corporations, and public and parapublic organizations across Canada. RCGT's service portfolio spans assurance, taxation, corporate finance, consulting, strategic performance, private management, human resources, occupational health and safety, cybersecurity, and business recovery. It also has a substantial restructuring and insolvency practice. Insolvency work is delivered through licensed insolvency trustees operating under the Raymond Chabot name and is conducted within Canada's federal insolvency framework, including the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. The firm's insolvency activities began in 1981 after the acquisition of the trustee practice Mercure Béliveau. The organization traces its origins to a Montreal accounting practice established in 1948 by Jacques Raymond and Guy Chabot. After Guy Martin joined, the firm became Raymond, Chabot, Martin & Cie. The admission of Jacques Paré in 1967 led to the name Raymond Chabot Martin Paré. In May 1998, the organization adopted the Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton name, linking the Quebec practice to the international Grant Thornton network. This naming transition represented the firm's development from a local accounting partnership into a broad multidisciplinary professional-services organization. RCGT operates through a number of affiliated or specialized entities, including Raymond Chabot Inc., Raymond Chabot Ressources Humaines, Taxo, Operio, Auray Capital, RCGT Consulting, and Catallaxy. These affiliates extend the firm's capabilities in areas such as human resources, tax, operations, corporate finance, consulting, and technology-related advisory work. The firm reported more than 5,400 professionals, including over 450 partners, in the reference material. As of January 2026, Samuel Havida serves as president. RCGT's role in the Canadian market combines traditional accounting and audit work with advisory, transformation, financing, cybersecurity, and recovery services, with particular relevance to Quebec's business community and to organizations facing financial or operational change.

Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton began in Montreal in 1948, when Jacques Raymond and Guy Chabot established a small accounting firm. Jacques Raymond was born in Montreal in 1919 and later qualified as a chartered accountant, chartered administrator, and certified management consultant. His professional activities included leadership roles in Quebec's accounting community and participation in Canadian tax and accounting institutions. The firm's early identity changed as its partnership expanded. When Guy Martin joined, the practice operated as Raymond, Chabot, Martin & Cie. In 1967, the arrival of Jacques Paré resulted in the name Raymond Chabot Martin Paré. The firm retained that identity for approximately three decades while developing its presence in Quebec's accounting and business-services market. A major organizational and branding step occurred in May 1998, when the firm adopted the name Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton. The new name reflected its relationship with Grant Thornton International Ltd. and marked the evolution of the organization into a broader professional-services firm. Rather than limiting its work to accounting, the practice developed capabilities in assurance, tax, corporate finance, advisory services, strategic performance, human resources, private management, occupational health and safety, and later cybersecurity and technology-related consulting. The firm entered insolvency and financial restructuring in 1981 through the acquisition of the trustee practice Mercure Béliveau. That expansion added a regulated recovery and reorganization capability to the organization's traditional accounting services. Raymond Chabot's insolvency professionals operate as licensed insolvency trustees under Canadian law and handle processes that can include corporate restructuring, personal bankruptcy, and consumer proposals. Their activities are subject to the federal Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy and the provisions of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. Over time, RCGT built a large office network concentrated in Quebec, with additional offices in Ottawa and Edmundston. It also expanded its service model through specialized affiliates, including Raymond Chabot Inc., Raymond Chabot Ressources Humaines, Taxo, Operio, Auray Capital, RCGT Consulting, and Catallaxy. These entities support work in insolvency, human resources, tax, operations, corporate finance, consulting, and technology or data-related advisory services. The firm serves a wide range of organizations, from small and medium-sized businesses to major enterprises and public or parapublic institutions. Its practice therefore combines recurring compliance services, such as audit and tax, with transaction, transformation, financing, risk, cybersecurity, and crisis-management assignments. The reference material describes an organization of more than 5,400 professionals and over 450 partners. As of January 2026, Samuel Havida is identified as president. The firm's development reflects the consolidation of a long-established Quebec accounting practice with the scale and international affiliation of the Grant Thornton network.

• 2026

  Samuel Havida serves as president

  [1]Raymond Chabot Grant Thorntonen.wikipedia.org

  The reference material identifies Samuel Havida as the firm's president as of January 2026.

• 1998

  Adoption of the Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton name

  [1]Raymond Chabot Grant Thorntonen.wikipedia.org

  In May 1998, the firm adopted its current name, reflecting its relationship with Grant Thornton International Ltd.

• 1981

  Entry into insolvency and restructuring

  [1]Raymond Chabot Grant Thorntonen.wikipedia.org

  The organization entered insolvency and financial restructuring through the acquisition of the trustee firm Mercure Béliveau.

• 1967

  Adoption of the Raymond Chabot Martin Paré name

  [1]Raymond Chabot Grant Thorntonen.wikipedia.org

  Following Jacques Paré's entry into the partnership, the firm adopted the name Raymond Chabot Martin Paré.

• 1948

  Founding of the original accounting firm

  [1]Raymond Chabot Grant Thorntonen.wikipedia.org

  Jacques Raymond and Guy Chabot established a small accounting practice in Montreal, forming the foundation of the organization that later became Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton.

A large Canadian multidisciplinary professional-services firm with strong Quebec roots, combining accounting, tax, assurance, consulting, corporate finance, and restructuring capabilities.

• Audit and assurance

  Assurance

  RCGT's assurance practice covers audit and related assurance work for businesses and public or parapublic organizations. It forms part of the firm's core accounting offering and is delivered alongside tax, advisory, and sector-focused professional services.

• Tax services

  Taxation

  Tax services are provided to organizations and other clients as part of RCGT's integrated professional-services model. The tax offering is supported by the firm's specialized affiliate Taxo and connects compliance work with planning and broader business advisory assignments.

• Business consulting

  Advisory and consulting

  The firm's advisory platform includes corporate finance, strategic performance, consulting, cybersecurity, and other business-improvement services. RCGT uses these capabilities to support transactions, operational change, risk management, and organizational decision-making.

• Restructuring and recovery · 1981

  Insolvency and financial restructuring

  RCGT provides corporate and personal insolvency, restructuring, and business-recovery services through licensed insolvency trustees operating under the Raymond Chabot brand. The practice is governed by Canada's insolvency legislation and regulatory system and includes processes such as bankruptcy and consumer proposals.

• Financial advisory

  Corporate finance

  Corporate finance is one of RCGT's principal advisory areas. The practice is associated with transaction, financing, valuation, and business-development support, including capabilities connected with the Auray Capital affiliate.

• Human resources consulting

  Human resources and workplace services

  Through Raymond Chabot Ressources Humaines and related practices, the organization provides human-resources and workplace-oriented services. The wider service list also includes occupational health and safety, extending the firm's advisory work into people, compliance, and organizational matters.

1. 1Raymond Chabot Grant Thorntonen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton official websitercgt.com
3. 3Licensed Insolvency Trustees Registrycanada.ca